The World Conference on Youth 2014
28th April 2014
His Excellency Udayanga Weeratunga, Ambassador of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation hosted a dinner in his Residence to delegation from the Sri Lanka Youth Council on the 28th April 2014. A delegation from the Sri Lanka Youth Council visited Moscow, Russia from 28 April to 1 May 2014 as a part of a promotional campaign titled “Round the World in 40 Days” of the World Conference on Youth (WCY 2014) which is scheduled to be held from 6th – 10th May 2014 at the BMICH in Colombo. The Delegation was headed by Mr. Saman Bandara, Assistant Director of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development, and included Mr. R.A.S. Kumara, General Secretary, Sri Lanka Federation of Youth Clubs, Mr. A. Thevarajah, Member of National Federation, Sri Lanka Federation of Youth Clubs and Mr. T.Y. Kamalsiri, General Manager (Sirasa TV), Mr. I.R.M. Angello, Program Producer (MTV). Mr Samanth Pathirana, Minster Counsellor of the Sri Lanka Embassy also included to the delegation.
The delegation meets the counter partners at Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on 29 April. Mrs. Volkava Svetlana Vadimovna, Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy on Youth, Child Rearing and Child Welfare of the Ministry of Education and Science welcoming the Youth Council Delegation at a promotional event extend greetings to Sri Lanka to host WCY 2014. By Sri Lanka side, a video presentation was made on the WCY 2014 to be held in Colombo where information was shared with regard to the preparations to the WCY 2014.
Other delegation members of Russian side includes Mr. Zagryadskiy Anton Andreevich, Senior Specialist – Expert of the International Department, Mr Zavarzin Denis Segeevich, Assistant Director, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, Mrs. Evko Olga Olegovna, Consultant of the International Affairs Divition and Mr. Bagrov Sergey Valeryevich, Board Member of the Association of Privet Units, National Youth Council of Russia.
byUdayanga